Dictionary Check: exterminate

"exterminate" is a valid word!

Scrabble 20 points
Words with Friends 22 points

Definition

verb

kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many

Example: "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
Synonyms:
verb

destroy completely, as if down to the roots

Example: "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"

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